press clippings
Friday, 30 Mar 2007
phishers become ever more devious
CCW's Pamela Abbott writes in the Scotsman
With the YouGov survey for Get Safe Online revealing that 9% of internet users were victims of online fraud last year and the Anti Phishing Working Group showing that the number of spoof phishing sites reached an all time high in January, the need for vigilance on the part of internet users has never been greater .
While most of us will probably have heard about the phenomenon of phishing attacks (where the perpetrators pose as trusted businesses with a view to acquiring personal identity data and financial account information), few of us are aware of ...